At the heart of the controversy is DeepSeek’s data collection practices. Users have reported that the app requests extensive permissions that may include access to: Contacts and Communications; ...

Chinese tech under increased scrutiny . South Korea may be the first to formally accuse DeepSeek of illegally sharing users' data with the controversial TikTok owner, but it's not the only country ...

German officials report DeepSeek privacy concerns to Apple and Google, demanding app removal over unlawful data transfers to ...

Adding another controversy to the pile, it looks like Microsoft is investigating DeepSeek. In just a couple of days, DeepSeek has gone from being a rising star to being a rising security and ...

It’s worth adding that South Korea may be the first country to formally accuse DeepSeek of illegally sharing user data with the controversial TikTok owner. However, it is not the only one with ...

The controversial company is subject to Chinese laws, which mandate cooperation with government intelligence agencies and potentially compromise users’ private data, Paxton said, adding that he ...

South Korea has accused Chinese AI startup DeepSeek of sharing user data with the owner of TikTok in China. “We confirmed DeepSeek communicating with ByteDance,” the South Korean data protection ...

Apple Inc. and Google’s Android have been warned by a top German privacy regulator that the Chinese AI service DeepSeek, ...

The Korean national spy agency says DeepSeek’s data collection and overseas storage is a huge privacy risk, and its responses are also deeply biased.

Google and Apple must remove DeepSeek from their app stores, as the AI tool is unlawfully transmitting German users' personal data to China. The Berlin Commissioner ...

DeepSeek, which has temporarily suspended operations in South Korea amid a growing controversy over its data practices, published its information policy in Chinese and English.